11:40 LRN Sportscast

The LSU Baseball team returns home tonight after winning the 3rd annual Round Rock Baseball classic last weekend and beating Texas on Tuesday night. The Tigers suffered their first loss of the season to Iowa and it took late-game heroics from Gavin Dugas to get past Texas, but Coach Jay Johnson says those games helped them prepare for SEC play…
Cut 17 (15) “…match that.”
LSU will face Butler tonight at 6:30. The Bulldogs will start a left-hander on the mound. Cole Graverson has a 5.40 ERA. LSU will start Paul Skenes, who has given up one run in two starts.

The Ragin Cajuns host Campbell tonight at Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park. Campbell has won the last four Big South regular season championships. Louisiana Tech hosts Northwestern out of the Big 10, ULM is at U-I-W. Nichollas hosts Memphis.

The LSU Lady Tigers begin play today at 5 PM in the SEC Tournament. Coach Kim Mulkey’s team will face Georgia, who they beat in overtime in the PMAC a month ago. The Lady Tigers have not made it past the quarterfinals since 2015.

The Ragin Cajuns will face Georgia Southern in the quarterfinals of the Sun Belt Tournament tomorrow night. U-L Lafayette Coach Bob Marlin says winning the first game in a tournament is always tough…
cut 19 (20) “….that building”
Georgia Southern beat ULM last night to 66 to 57 to end the Warhawks season with a record of 11 and 21.

Tonight the Pelicans are at Golden State, looking to build off of Wednesday night’s victory at Portland.